Nov19

No More Novel November

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No More Novel November

Still stuck but there is no shame in changing directions

I would like to tell you that life got in the way, that the excuse I would use. It is hard to add something to an insane life. I would be up with the children dealing with the issues they present, Insomnia, illness, exhaustion, stress. The list of excuses is long and not unreasonable and nonnegotiable. Its what I would tell myself to feel better about not writing but the truth is I am stuck, Nothing was coming out of my brain and I would stare at the screen and nothing came from my fingers. for weeks I would try and then I just gave up. I would sit and again nothing would come out and so I decided to stop. Just stop trying to push myself into one month of writing. If I am going to write then I need to write not just one month but all the months and write the whole story and edit and publish the damn thing. I wanted to write a book inspired by kpop demon hunters, there is more of the story and more on the lore of the demons. I am taking my love of dark fantasy, supernatural (who doesn’t love Jensen) and fan fiction and putting into a story of a darkness captured in a mountain prison the start of the prophecy. This blog could be my idea book, a chance to explore all the ideas floating in my head.

Nov7

Novel November My writing process

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Today is a big writing session

Life has been getting in the way of my writing but today I decided to grab my favorite sandwich, from my favorite sub shop Lenny’s Its a mile high turkey with Extra Turkey Lenny’s way with no onions and lite on the pepper. Unsweetened ice tea with a splash of Truvia and one of my favorite all time drinks Topo Chico Twist Lime. Oh can’t forget the best chips in the world some Sour Cream and Cheddar Lenny’s chips. I will put on some sort of coffee shop playlist from Amazon. I am sorry Spotify people I just haven’t been able to get into Spotify don’t ask me why. I will put on some music and let the words take me on a journey I will sit here for a few hours and try to make up for not writing. My phone is going in a drawer and I am going to go get lost. This is the part of the writing process I love to just see where the words take me and not to worry about plot, or spelling or even if it makes any sense, just to create. I got some more sandwiches in the fridge for a weekend of writing.

Nov3

Novel November Day 3

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word count 2644

Today I am writing sick, under the weather whatever term you like. I just woke up and didn’t feel right, my head is heavy and I just want soup and rest. I went back to bed and slept some more. Tea is my friend and even though I felt bad, I still decided to write. a blank page now has a storm, and a cave, a mountain lion and a young doctor. there is something about having no plan with this book, there are no limitations, I can have what ever I want in my book and so I did I wrote the words I wanted to write without thinking about how it would go into the story and then it went so well into the story into what I am trying to create. where is it going I have no idea, my character are coming to life in real time and it is amazing. ok back to bed I need rest

Nov3

Novel November

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Day 2

There is no day 1, because life got in the way. Reality of writing, some days I am going to write other days I am not. I am just going to do the best i can when I can. I want to be this place where, as a writer you forgive yourself and so today, while my sons were chilling out in the living room, I went to my computer and began writing. It started out with a dark stormy night and somehow after 1,611 words later I now have the beginning of the story. No, I am not going to share my story here, here is going to be about the writing process and I might share a quote or two of something I write that I particularly like. I will share with you the finish product but I am so excited to see where this story will take me.

Nov1

Novel November

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What am I going to write … you’re guess is as good as mine

Normally I would have an idea, I usually would go to a certain website for this but we all know what happened to the site and if you don’t know a quick google search will help you. I would come up with a title and a little blurb of what the story was to become. I would create an image for the cover, I always used my own pictures and create it with my own things in hopes that I would actually publish I could use it. Now the site is gone, I am not sure what to do oh sure there are other sites out there, saying “Novel November” offering their various programs and tools all for free. I thought about going about it and they are always offering community and it sounds wonderful… right. Ask me how many “Novel November” friends I have? … the list is zero. These programs never foster anything more than gimmicks and there was not this “community” However, you go to BookTok.. Now there is a community of actual authors, writers and book enthusiasts who have formed a wonderful community so who needs a gimmick site when I have my writing community. This year I am going to give it a shot all by myself and some posting on BookTok and I am going to write a brand new novel because I don’t feel like editing I feel like creating. I have nothing, no plot, no characters, no idea. However I love the idea of staring at a blank screen and letting the words come out of me and seeing what crazy wonderful mess will pop up.

Oct27

Taking an old method in a new direction

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Taking an old method in a new direction

Finding my voice in all of my writing.

I want to write again, write for myself and let myself out in my writing. This writing journey has been an intriguing one, I thought I wanted to be a sports writer and it was fun to give my thoughts on baseball; the love of my life. I would share my thoughts and feelings about this thing that means so much to me. As I went along I realized there was more to me than writing about baseball and so I started writing stories. One was a novel about my mental breakdown and caregiver burnout. I then was inspired by a movie and created a time travel historical fiction trilogy which is still un edited and and unfinished. Then I took a childhood story and turned it into a novel, which it sits just needs to be edited and then I could see myself publishing this story. Then along the way of my writing journey I found BookTok, and I started to read, I would read my favorite author and maybe one or two books a year, for me that was enough, I would hop on a book bandwagon and Twilight and Divergent would engross me. Today I am on book 9 for this year and while ACOTAR’s first book got me. I discovered I am a dragon rider. The books I am reading are all over the place spicy and non spicy, fantasy and reality. If you had told me I would like a college set hockey romance I would have told you, you are crazy I don’t even like hockey but after that book I might watch a game. I am reading my first gothic novel and the word usage and imagery are amazing. I have had a new love of reading and it has changed my writing thoughts and I want to explore this new journey with reading and writing and yes even baseball, I just love the game, and there is so much more out there I want to see and experience on my writing journey so come along for ride.